Signing a CSR containing subjectAltName (SAN/UCC) extensions isn’t hard, but can be a daunting challenge for the OpenSSL neophyte. We’re going to use the OpenSSL Self-Signed CA to accomplish this task in two ways. Pre-Existing SAN CSR Either you already have a SAN CSR from another source or you generated one using the tutorial from [...]

SAN certificates (or as Microsoft and others have taken to calling them, Unified Communications Certificates) are rapidly becoming a popular option for securing multiple domains. In fact, Exchange 2007, OCS 2007, and several other products now require UCC to function. However, this certificate type can proffer some advantages beyond that of a wildcard certificate as [...]

I am pleased to announce the initial public release of CDN Tools, my latest WordPress plugin! What is CDN Tools? Well, it’s a WordPress plugin that lets you load javascript files and your blog’s media (pictures, movies, audio, et cetera) to a content distribution network (CDN) to speed up page loading. You can load up [...]

Code signing is rapidly becoming an important part of application deployment on many platforms. On OS X it suppresses the keychain warnings when you update your application and on Windows it can bypass numerous UAC notifications as well as the initial application launch dialog. This can (sometimes drastically) improve the customer experience and reduce friction [...]

Since I released Fidgetr I’ve put up two small bugfix/feature enhancement releases. In no particular order: You can now use Flickr username or email to obtain your photostream. Previously only Flickr username was allowed. Substantial improvements to look and feel of the widget control in wp-admin. This should help reduce confusion. Several optimizations to reduce [...]